Is there a way to perform maintenance to reclaim file system space?

Question

We have a small confluence install and we seem to be using much more space than we estimated. Currently the application is taking up almost 100% of a 256GB file system, with almost all of that usage being consumed by files in /var/atlassian/application-data (242 GB).  Is there a way to clean up the files in this directory to reclaim space?

Thank you.

Tom Lister_fo1j4e · Answer

Hi @Michael Radzicki

Check where confluence is putting scheduled backup files. Our servers gradually fill up with backup files. Anything more than a week old is not useful to us.

Johan Soetens _Dumblefy_ · Answer

Hi Michael,

Confluence has a default maximum attachment size of 100 MB, it's well possible that the admin allows much bigger files.

There's Atlassian documentation on getting more details on which pages have the biggest attachments so you could potentially do some grooming.

It involves querying your database, let us know if you need help adapting them.

How to find the largest attachment files in your Confluence instance

How to get more statistical data (disk space, contents created) from Confluence's usage.